Steady temperatures are the preserve of the rich. The billionaire press wants everyone else to suffer.

By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian, 1st July 2026

Every time you think the idiocy has hit rock bottom, it discovers a new level. It turns out there’s an even deeper hole you can dig for yourself than climate-science denial: heat-stress denial. Across the billionaire press last week, columnists and leader writers minimised the health impacts of the heatwave, particularly in s...